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Downloads:

22,487

Downloads of v 2025.2.19:

11

Last Update:

24 Feb 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Martin Isenburg

Tags:

lastools lidar laszip geology mapping

LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing

Downloads:

22,487

Downloads of v 2025.2.19:

11

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Martin Isenburg

LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing

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This package was rejected on 31 Mar 2025. The reviewer chocolatey-ops has listed the following reason(s):

teknowledgist (maintainer) on 24 Feb 2025 17:07:17 +00:00:

User 'teknowledgist' (maintainer) submitted package.

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Description

LAStools is a collection of highly efficient, batch-scriptable, multicore command line tools. It includes tools to classify, tile, convert, filter, raster, triangulate, contour, clip, and polygonize LiDAR data (to name just a few functions). All of the tools can also be run via a native GUI and are available as a LiDAR processing toolboxes for ArcGIS versions 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3, for QGIS versions 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8, or 2.10, and for ERDAS IMAGINE versions 14.0 and 15.1.

LAStools is the fastest and most memory efficient solution for batch-scripted multi-core LiDAR processing and can turn billions of LiDAR points into useful products at blazing speeds and with low memory requirements.

Included in LAStools is the open-source LiDAR compressor, LASzip, which is the de facto industry standard for compressed LiDAR.

License note

There are TWO parts to LAStools. One part is OPEN source (LGPL 2.1). The other part is CLOSED source and requires licensing for most commercial or government use. For education and evaluation purposes you can use and test LAStools as much as you need to.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'  # stop on all errors

$url      = 'https://lastools.github.io/download/LAStools.zip'
$CheckSum = '70bea6a778a8b43e3681808264cfbc34a028bd0a24ce88d23241c652819c9d00'

$ZipArgs = @{
   PackageName   = 'lastools'
   Url           = $url
   Checksum      = $CheckSum
   ChecksumType  = 'sha256'
   UnzipLocation = Split-Path (Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @ZipArgs

$exes = Get-ChildItem $ZipArgs.UnzipLocation -filter *.exe -Recurse |select -ExpandProperty fullname
$txts = Get-ChildItem $ZipArgs.UnzipLocation -filter *.txt -Recurse |select -ExpandProperty fullname

foreach ($exe in $exes) {
   if ($txts -notcontains ($exe.replace('.exe', '') + '_README.txt')) {
      New-Item "$exe.ignore" -Type file -Force | Out-Null
   }
}

$GUI = (Get-ChildItem $ZipArgs.UnzipLocation -filter lastool.exe -Recurse).fullname
New-Item "$GUI.gui" -Type file -Force | Out-Null

$ShortcutArgs = @{
   ShortcutFilePath = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')) 'LASTool.lnk'
   TargetPath = $GUI
}

Install-ChocolateyShortcut @ShortcutArgs
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$packageName = 'lastools'

$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$FolderOfPackage = Split-Path -Parent $toolsDir

$shortcut = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')) 'LAStool.lnk'
if (Test-Path $shortcut) {
    Write-Verbose 'Found the desktop shortcut. Deleting it...'
    Remove-Item $shortcut
}

# This avoids having to modify uninstall if the zip install file changes names
$installedZipFile = (Get-ChildItem $FolderOfPackage -filter '*.zip.txt').name.trim('.txt')

Uninstall-ChocolateyZipPackage  $packageName $installedZipFile

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LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2025.3.4 13 Friday, March 7, 2025
Waiting for Maintainer
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2023.02.02 211 Saturday, February 18, 2023 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2022.11.28 202 Saturday, December 3, 2022 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2022.06.16 424 Friday, June 24, 2022 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2022.01.07 323 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.07.20 409 Sunday, August 1, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.06.28 235 Monday, July 12, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.06.11 234 Saturday, June 12, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.04.18 256 Saturday, May 1, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.03.30 229 Saturday, April 3, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2021.01.28 258 Saturday, January 30, 2021 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.12.07 217 Saturday, December 12, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.11.24 219 Friday, November 27, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.10.03 280 Sunday, October 11, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.08.13 259 Friday, August 14, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.06.19 320 Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.05.09 263 Thursday, May 14, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.03.04 319 Sunday, March 8, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.01.31 283 Saturday, February 8, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.01.12 231 Saturday, January 18, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2020.01.02 315 Saturday, January 4, 2020 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.11.27 189 Friday, December 20, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.11.11 197 Friday, November 15, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.10.18 230 Saturday, October 26, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.09.27 179 Saturday, September 28, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.08.12 247 Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.07.28 249 Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.06.25 234 Saturday, June 29, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.06.04 242 Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.05.07 213 Thursday, May 16, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.04.17 211 Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.04.04 212 Monday, April 8, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.03.21 235 Saturday, March 23, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.03.06 224 Saturday, March 16, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.02.21 284 Saturday, February 23, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.01.27 217 Friday, February 8, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.01.14 246 Saturday, January 19, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2019.01.05 269 Sunday, January 6, 2019 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.12.18 257 Saturday, December 29, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.11.19 247 Friday, November 30, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.11.07 260 Friday, November 16, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.09.30 266 Thursday, October 4, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.09.10 270 Thursday, September 13, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.08.12 277 Thursday, August 16, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.07.31 281 Friday, August 3, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.07.06 312 Monday, July 16, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.06.20 332 Friday, June 22, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.05.28 317 Friday, June 15, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.05.20 344 Monday, May 28, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.04.29 333 Friday, May 11, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.04.22 337 Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.04.09 347 Friday, April 13, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.04.03 341 Thursday, April 5, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.03.03 342 Monday, March 12, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2018.02.09 388 Monday, February 12, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.12.28 408 Tuesday, January 2, 2018 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.12.15 384 Friday, December 22, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.11.24 383 Monday, December 11, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.09.14 443 Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.07.18 480 Thursday, July 27, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.06.28 393 Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.06.08 390 Monday, June 12, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.05.28 390 Friday, June 2, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.05.11 397 Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.04.25 417 Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.03.30 414 Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.03.22 428 Friday, March 24, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.03.12 382 Thursday, March 16, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2017.02.02 434 Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2016.11.14 451 Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Approved
LAStools software suite for LiDAR processing 2016.07.30 450 Sunday, August 14, 2016 Approved

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